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Cremonese

Full name	Unione Sportiva Cremonese S.p.A.
Nickname(s)	La Cremo I Grigiorossi (The Gray and Reds) Le Tigri (The Tigers) I Violini (The Violins)
Founded	24 March 1903; 121 years ago (1903-03-24)
Ground	Stadio Giovanni Zini
Ground Capacity	20,641
Owner	Giovanni Arvedi
President	Paolo Rossi
Head coach	Giovanni Stroppa
League	Serie B
2022–23	19th of 20 (Relegated)

Unione Sportiva Cremonese, commonly referred to as Cremonese, is an Italian football club based in Cremona, Lombardy, which plays in the Serie B following their relegation from the top flight in the 2022–23 season.

History

The performance of Cremonese in the Italian football league structure since the first season of a unified Serie A (1929/30)

Cremonese was in the Serie A in its first season, 1929–30, but entered a long period of decline, playing in the lower leagues before the late 1970s. By 1984, they had achieved promotion to Serie A, with one-year spells in 1984–85, 1989–90 and 1991–92.

Cremonese had a more successful run in the 1992–93 Anglo-Italian Cup, beating Bari 4–1 in the semi-final, and Derby County 3–1 in the final at the old Wembley Stadium. Cremonese's scorers were Corrado Verdelli, Riccardo Maspero and Andrea Tentoni, with Derby's goal scored by Marco Gabbiadini.

Under Luigi Simoni, Cremonese returned to Serie A in the 1993–94 season. With defenders Luigi Gualco and Corrado Verdelli, midfield playmaker Riccardo Maspero, and forwards Andrea Tentoni and Matjaž Florijančič, Cremonese played Serie A with a 10th-place finish in 1993–94, but would be relegated in the 1995–96 season.

Relegation resulted in the club moving down to Serie C2 by 2000 and remaining in mid-table positions for four years, before achieving promotion back into Serie C1 and then Serie B for the 2005-2006 season. Giovanni Dall'Igna, another defender from the Serie A years, returned to the club. However, Cremonese were relegated to Serie C1 in the 2005–06 season. Cremonese have tried to return to Serie B since. In the 2009–10 season they were beaten by Varese in the promotion play-off final (2–1 on aggregate). Eventually they succeeded in 2017. In the 2021–22 Serie B, Cremonese finished second to earn promotion to the 2022–23 Serie A. Despite achieving promotion, coach Fabio Pecchia resigned from his post.

Players

Current squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Fallou Sarr 4 DF Luca Marrone (on loan from Lecco) 5 DF Luca Ravanelli 6 MF Charles Pickel 7 FW César Falletti 8 MF Michele Collocolo 9 FW Daniel Ciofani 10 FW Cristian Buonaiuto 11 FW Felix Afena-Gyan 13 DF Alessandro Tuia 15 DF Matteo Bianchetti 17 DF Leonardo Sernicola 18 DF Paolo Ghiglione 19 MF Michele Castagnetti

No. Position Player 20 MF Franco Vázquez 21 GK Gianluca Saro 22 GK Andreas Jungdal 26 DF Valentin Antov (on loan from Monza) 31 DF Yuri Rocchetti 32 MF Gonzalo Abrego (on loan from Godoy Cruz) 33 DF Giacomo Quagliata 37 MF Žan Majer 44 DF Luka Lochoshvili 71 FW Dennis Johnsen 74 FW Frank Tsadjout 90 FW Massimo Coda (on loan from Genoa) 97 GK Alessandro Livieri (on loan from Pisa) 98 FW Luca Zanimacchia

Out on loan

No. Position Player GK Federico Agazzi (at Alcione until 30 June 2024) DF Emanuel Aiwu (at Birmingham City until 30 June 2024) DF Luca Munaretti (at Renate until 30 June 2024) DF Maissa Ndiaye (at Železničar Pančevo until 30 June 2024) DF Lorenzo Bernasconi (at Atalanta until 30 June 2024) DF Mattia Scaringi (at Olbia until 30 June 2024) DF Daniel Frey (at Pro Vercelli until 30 June 2024) MF Christian Acella (at Giana Erminio until 30 June 2024) MF Andrea Bertolacci (at loan to Fatih Karagümrük until 30 June 2024) MF Alessio Brambilla (at loan to Gubbio until 30 June 2024) MF Francesco Cerretelli (at Carrarese until 30 June 2024)

No. Position Player MF Matteo Ghisolfi (at Cerignola until 30 June 2024) MF Tommaso Milanese (at Ascoli until 30 June 2024) MF Filippo Nardi (at Benevento until 30 June 2024) MF Fausto Perseu (at Latina Calcio until 30 June 2024) MF Joshua Tenkorang (at Foggia until 30 June 2024) MF Luca Valzania (at Ascoli until 30 June 2024) FW Alberto Basso Ricci (at loan to Lumezzane until 30 June 2024) FW Blue Mamona (at Vis Pesaro until 30 June 2024) FW Marco Zunno (at loan to Messina until 30 June 2024) FW Cedric Gondo (at loan to Reggiana until 30 June 2024) FW David Okereke (at loan to Torino until 30 June 2024)

Former players

Some of the famous players who played for Cremonese include:

• Antonio Cabrini
• Enrico Chiesa
• Giovanni Dall'Igna
• Giuseppe Favalli
• Riccardo Maspero
• Michelangelo Rampulla
• Corrado Verdelli
• Gianluca Vialli
• Pasquale Vivolo
• Gustavo Dezotti
• John Aloisi
• Juary
• Władysław Żmuda
• Matjaž Florijančič
• Anders Limpar

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Giovanni Stroppa
Assistant coach	Andrea Guerra
Fitness coach	Fabio Allevi
Fitness coach	Andrea Primitivi
Fitness coach	Giovanni Saffioti
Goalkeeper coach	Nicola Dibitonto
Goalkeeper coach	Andrea Sardini
Technical coach	Giuseppe Brescia
Rehab coach	Cristian Freghieri
Match analyst	Vittorio Vona
Head of medical staff	Dott. Diego Giuliani
Club doctor	Dott. Alberto Gheza
Physiotherapist	Carlo Bentivoglio Augusto Bagnoli Lorenzo Franchi Davide Mazzoleni Gian Paolo Fagni
Team Manager	Federico Dall’Asta
Sporting director	Simone Giacchetta
Secretary	Francesca Cremaschi

Honours

Divisional movements

Series	Years	Last	Promotions	Relegations
A	8	2022–23	–	5 (1930, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1996)
B	31	2021–22	5 (1984, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2022)	7 (1935, 1938, 1951, 1978, 1997, 1999, 2006)
C C2	43 4	2016–17	7 (1936, 1942, 1977, 1981, 1998, 2005, 2017) 1 (2004 C2)	1 (1999 C1) 3 (1952, 1967, 1969)
86 out of 91 years of professional football in Italy since 1929
D	5	1970–71	3 (1954, 1968, 1971)	Never

See also

In Spanish: Unione Sportiva Cremonese para niños